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How to Lose Weight When Your Knees or Back Hurt: Low-Impact Exercise and an Indian Meal Plan
A kind, practical plan to lose weight with painful knees or back: low-impact exercise, Indian meals, a weekly plan and the health checks worth doing.
Back and Pelvic Pain in Women: Periods, Pregnancy, Menopause and When to Worry
How periods, endometriosis, fibroids, pregnancy, delivery and menopause affect your back and pelvis, and when to see a gynaecologist or pain specialist.
Heart Pain That Feels Like Shoulder, Arm, Jaw or Back Pain: How to Tell the Difference
Heart pain can be felt in the shoulder, arm, jaw or back. Learn the clues that point to the heart, who is at risk and when to go to emergency.
Gallbladder Stones: Right Upper Abdominal Pain That Spreads to the Back or Shoulder
Gallstone pain under the right ribs after oily meals often spreads to the back or shoulder blade. Symptoms, risk factors, ultrasound, surgery and diet.
Painkillers and Your Stomach: How NSAIDs Cause Gastritis, Ulcers and Bleeding
How ibuprofen, diclofenac and other NSAIDs harm the stomach, who is most at risk, warning signs of an ulcer or bleed, and safer pain relief habits.
Throat Pain Treatment: Common Causes, Safe Home Care and When to See a Doctor
Throat pain treatment made simple: common causes, safe home care, when antibiotics are really needed, and the red flags that need emergency care.
Life After a Stroke: Recovery Stages, Shoulder Pain, Stiffness and Preventing Another Stroke
Stroke recovery stages, shoulder pain and stiffness, fall-proofing the home, help for carers and how to prevent another stroke, explained simply.
Dust Mite Allergy and Allergic Rhinitis: Why You Sneeze Every Morning and What Helps
Constant sneezing, blocked nose and itchy eyes? How dust mite allergy causes allergic rhinitis, which tests help, and how to use sprays and tablets correctly.
Hypothyroidism and Body Pain: Muscle Aches, Joint Stiffness and Tiredness Explained
How an underactive thyroid causes muscle aches, stiff joints, carpal tunnel and tiredness, what TSH, T4 and anti-TPO mean, and how to take thyroid tablets.
Statins and Muscle Pain: Is It the Tablet or Something Else?
Aching on a statin? How often the tablet is really to blame, other causes like vitamin D and thyroid, the CK test, and why you should never stop on your own.